14/07/2015 | Argentina

29/07/2015 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has again questioned the way media outlets changed their views of Iran after the nuclear agreement signed between the Asiatic nation, the United States and the EU.

15/05/2015 | Argentina

19/05/2015 | Argentina

Leader of 18J Association, an organization bringing together some of the relatives of the AMIA victims, questioned the statements made by Ali Akbar Velayati on Monday in an interview the former Iranian foreign minister granted to the C5N news channel.

06/04/2015 | Argentina

19/04/2015 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has warned about a “global political operation” that threatens “sovereign nations,” following an article published in Pagina12 newspaper that links the so called “vulture funds” with late AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, the DAIA Jewish organization, and the political opposition’s rejection of the Iran memorandum.

19/03/2015 | Argentina

Prosecutor before the Federal Appeals Court Germán Moldes has requested justices to continue the investigation into an alleged plan by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and top government officials to cover up the role played by Iran in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.

31/03/2015 | Argentina

10/03/2015 | Argentina

The Federal Court of Criminal Appeals said that it will give its verdict on the constitutionality of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the government and Iran to jointly probe the bombing of AMIA Jewish centre on April 8.

13/03/2015 | Argentina

The President of the Federal Court of Criminal Appeal has decided to annul actions by Judge Carlos Gemignani, suspending the hearings scheduled for March 31 and April 8, in which he was supposed to rule over the Iran memorandum.

06/03/2015 | Argentina

Victory Front lawmaker Andrés Larroque has demanded prosecutor Germán Moldes to recuse himself from the case investigating an alleged cover-up plan masterminded by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and gov't officials.

26/02/2015 | Argentina

04/03/2015 | Argentina

The government praised the decision by Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas to dismiss the complaint filed by late prosecutor Alberto Nisman against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other officials for allegedly covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing. In an ad published in major local newspapers, it claimed that the complaint sought “to cause political destabilization.”

17/02/2015 | Argentina

04/02/2015 | Argentina

The President of the Federal Criminal Appeals Court, Martín Irurzun, has ordered Judge Daniel Rafecas to take late AMIA special prosecutor’s complaint against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iran's involvement in the 1994 attack of the Jewish community centre.

11/02/2015 | Argentina

13/02/2015 | Argentina

The Solicitor General's Office will present "legally relevant" evidence today to judge Daniel Rafecas which will seek dismissal of the case brought by late AMIA investigator Alberto Nisman accusing President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other government figures of covering up the atrocity.

25/01/2015 | Argentina

Iran’s charge d'affaires in Buenos Aires Ahmad Reza Kheirmand denied the existence of the “parallel diplomacy” denounced by deceased AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman who accused the Kirchnerite administration of plotting to cover up the 1994 attack on the Jewish community centre.

22/01/2015 | Argentina

24/01/2015 | Argentina

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif has stated that his country “has nothing to do” with the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating Iranian citizens in the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community centre.

19/01/2015 | Argentina

20/01/2015 | Argentina

Secretary General to the Presidency Aníbal Fernández rejected the allegations against president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner made last week by deceased AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman, describing them as “feeble.”

15/01/2015 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich said the complaint against president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iran’s involvement in 1994 AMIA Jewish community centre bombing was “ludicrous, absurd, ridiculous, unconstitutional.” He pointed finger at those “who seek to destabilize the government.”

15/01/2015 | Argentina

AMIA case Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral accused prosecutor Alberto Nisman of being “led” by Intelligence officials and he casted doubt on the content of the complaint filed against the president for allegedly covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing.

15/01/2015 | Argentina

AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman confirmed his complaint against the Executive power over an alleged “criminal deal of impunity” with Iran and explained the role of every one of those he accused for “covering up” Iran’s involvement the attack against the Jewish centre in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

14/01/2015 | Argentina

The prosecutor in charge of the AMIA bombing investigation Alberto Nisman has filed a 300-page complaint accusing President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman among other kirchnerite political figures of “covering up” Iranian citizens allegedly involved in the deadly 1994 attack.

14/01/2015 | Argentina

Secretary General to the Presidency Aníbal Fernández bluntly rejected the accusations by the prosecutor in the AMIA bombing probe against president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other Kirchnerite officials for allegedly “covering up” Iranian citizens in the investigation.

14/01/2015 | Argentina

AMIA case special prosecutor Alberto Nisman said that besides president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Kirchnerite officials and political leaders, agents from the country’s Intelligence Secretary are involved, but he refused to disclose their identities.

03/11/2014 | Argentina

Public prosecutor Raúl Plee asked the Court to for its firm decision to back the ruling by First Court of the Federal Chamber that declared the memorandum unconstitutionality last May and to reject the government’s appeal to that ruling.

14/01/2015 | Argentina

Renewal Front’s Sergio Massa called for Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to resign, saying he “keeps making a fool of himself.” The minister came under heavy fire for his role at the historic rally against terrorism in Paris on Sunday.

15/05/2014 | Argentina

Judges in the First Court of the Federal Chamber upheld today the injunction filed by local Jewish community organizations, and ruled that the memorandum of understanding signed between Argentina and Iran on January 2013 went against the Argentine constitution.

16/05/2014 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich today ratified the government will appeal a court ruling which declared the Memorandum signed between the Argentine and Iranian governments on the AMIA attack probe unconstitutional.

01/03/2014 | Argentina

The head of state called opposition MPs that rejected the Kirchnerism-fueled Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran, to work on an “alternative project” that allows the investigation to move forward. Still, CFK warned: “Without the inquiry (of the impeached) there is not an inch of possibility that the process moves forward.”

03/03/2014 | Argentina

Radical caucus leader in Congress Mario Negri has assured that his party wants to unify opposition members in order to revoke Argentina’s agreement with Iran over the investigation of the 1994 Amia attack.

25/11/2013 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich today praised the deal struck during the weekend between Iran and six world powers to limit Tehran’s nuclear activities, and referred the talks held by Argentine and Iranian officials to "negotiate the terms" of the Memorandum of Understanding reached earlier this year.

01/10/2013 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has instructed Cecilia Nahón, US ambassador for Argentina, to formally ask the White House and the State Department to include the AMIA case in their meeting agenda with Iran.

15/10/2013 | Argentina

The Supreme Court confirmed that Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral will define the legality of the agreement between Argentina and Iran pledging cooperation on investigating the AMIA bombing, signed last January and approved in Congress a month later.

13/11/2013 | Argentina

AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman has requested Judge Canicoba Corral to declare the unconstitutionality of the Memorandum of Understanding reached between Argentina and Iran and signed into law by Congress earlier this year.

28/09/2013 | Argentina

The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has confirmed the passing of the Memorandum reached with Argentina to jointly probe the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires 19 years ago. The accord was reported to have been approved by Iranian "competent authorities."

01/10/2013 | Argentina

DAIA head Julio Schlosser renewed the criticism of the AMIA Memorandum of Understanding reached with Iran. Still, Schlosser admitted the 1994 attack of the Jewish community center must be brought up in current negotiations between Washington and Tehran, a demand maintained by President Kirchner.

11/06/2013 | Argentina

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who is in charge of investigating the 1994 terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, today warned that an Iranian terrorist cell could perpetrate a similar attack in neighboring Uruguay.

18/07/2013 | Argentina

The AMIA authorities and victims’ families marked this morning the 19th anniversary of a deep-rooted wound among all Argentineans: the bombing of the Jewish community center that claimed the lives of 85 people and left 300 seriously injured. President CFK, absent. Criticism to the MoU signed with Iran stirred up.

24/09/2013 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner referred during the 68th United Nations assembly to the AMIA attack in 1994, asking the new president of the middle-eastern nation to give a definitive response over the accord signed almost a year ago.

10/06/2013 | Argentina

Federal Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral will be in charge of ruling on the validity of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Argentina and Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires which left 85 people killed.

29/05/2013 | Argentina

In a 500-page indictment realeased today, the General Prosecutor in the AMIA case, Alberto Nisman, accused the Iranian regime of "infiltrating" several South American countries "by building local clandestine intelligence stations designed to sponsor, foster and execute terrorist attacks, within the principles to export the Islamic revolution."

30/05/2013 | Argentina

After accusing Iran of “infiltrating” Latin American countries to "sponsor, foster and execute terrorist attacks," the prosecutor in charge of the AMIA bombing investigation Alberto Nisman said the accused of the 1994 tragedy are “seriously dangerous terrorists.”

30/05/2013 | Argentina

03/05/2013 | Argentina

DAIA Jewish community organization has accused lawmaker Jorge Garramuño of 'bribery' after he voted in favour of the Memorandum of Understanding reached between Argentina and Iran which was signed into law by Congress earlier this year.

20/05/2013 | Argentina

The business representative of the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires Alí Pakdaman today announced that President Mahmud Ahmadinejad endorsed without Congress approval the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Argentina and Tehran in order to investigate the AMIA Jewish centre bombing which killed 85 people in 1994.

10/04/2013 | Argentina

The National Public Prosecution has ruled against the Supreme Court's intervention requested by AMIA and DAIA leaders to declare the "unconstitutional nature" of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Argentina and Iran.

15/04/2013 | Argentina

Federal judge María Alejandra Biotti declared herself “imcompetent” for ruling whether the accord celebrated between Argentina and Iran to resolve the 1994 AMIA bombing is unconstitutional or not after a request filed by both AMIA and DAIA Jewish community entities.

18/04/2013 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman has called for progress in Iranian approval of the Memorandum of Understanding reached to probe the 1994 AMIA attack and warned delays “create more doubts” over the Islamic countries’ intentions to find the truth about the deadly bombing.

21/03/2013 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman showed his “gratitude” to Interpol legal counselor Ronald Noble for the letter he sent to Argentina considering the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran “positive.”

22/03/2013 | Argentina

Amid tensions surrounding the Memorandum of Understanding over the AMIA case, Argentina has voted against Irán at the United Nations Human Rights Council that will keep investigating reports of human rights violations in the Islamic Republic.

04/04/2013 | Argentina

The heads of AMIA and DAIA Guillermo Borger and Julio Schlosser have lodged a court appeal that seeks to declare the unconstitutional nature of the Memorandum of Understanding law recently passed by Congress.

19/02/2013 | Argentina

Members of the Iranian government admitted today that they weren’t concerned about the accord created between Argentina and Iran which is to further probe the AMIA terrorist attack that occurred in 1994.

24/02/2013 | Argentina

The agreement with Iran to probe the 1994 AMIA terrorist bomb massacre continues to receive criticism from the Jewish community, while the dissident Peronists party announced that it will vote against the bill on Wednesday, when it is scheduled to be debated in the Lower House.

27/02/2013 | Argentina

Civic Coalition lawmaker Elisa Carrió ratified her criticism of the potential agreement between Argentina and Iran to investigate the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center back in 1994, and questioned the government’s strategy to muster quorum on the Lower House floor.

17/02/2013 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman assured today that the creation of the joint commision to investigat the AMIA bombing “came up from an Iranian request” and revealed that Iran tried to set up a series of conditions which were rejected by Argentina.

17/02/2013 | Argentina

Former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo, legal adviser of DAIA and AMIA Jewish organizations analyzed the accord between Argentina and Iran to investigate 1994 bombing and assured that “it seems that one of the aims of the government was to facilitate questionings.”

18/02/2013 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman continued his strong defense of the bilateral agreement signed between Argentina and Iran regarding the AMIA bombing investigation and targeted “divisive sectors in Israel” that are looking for a “military solution” against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government.

13/02/2013 | Argentina

The Simon Wiesenthal Center came on stage today to reject the Argentina-Iran deal signed last week to jointly investigate the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, following the rejection of AMIA and DAIA Jewish community centres.

13/02/2013 | Argentina

The heads of the AMIA and DAIA Jewish umbrella organizations, Guillermo Borger and Julio Schlosser, strongly rejected the agreement signed between Argentina and Iran in order to create a truth commission looking to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack that left over 80 people dead.

14/02/2013 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman came on stage today after the bill that aims to establish the agreement with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack as a treaty was cleared for debate yesterday at the Senate.

12/02/2013 | Argentina

Jewish Community Centre AMIA and DAIA leaders Guillermo Borger and Julio Schlosser today rejected one more time the agreement signed by the Argentine and Iranian governments last week to investigate the 1994 AMIA centre bombing which killed 85 people.

12/02/2013 | Argentina

A statement made by an Iranian official yesterday directly rejecting Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman’s insistence that key figures in the current Iran administration would be involved in the bilateral truth commission into the 1994 AMIA attack provoked outrage from politicians and the Jewish community yesterday.

12/02/2013 | Argentina

The “sheer lie” attributed to “some Western and Israeli media” is not a typical venial sin of diplomatic language but a bullet straight in the forehead of Héctor Timerman, the woebegone foreign minister of the Cristina Kirchner administration.

07/02/2013 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced she would send to Congress the recent agreement reached between Argentina and Iran in order to investigate the AMIA bombing in 1994, and assured that “the Argentine Justice will not be obstructed.”

10/02/2013 | Argentina

Former International Criminal Court prosecutor and Jewish community advisor Luis Moreno Ocampo assured that there is “the risk that Iran could use the truth commission to hide the responsibility of those responsible for the crimes.”

12/02/2013 | Argentina

The Iranian government delivered a series of contradictory messages today regarding the accord with Argentina to investigate the AMIA Jewish community centre bombing. A spokesmnan for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ramin Menhanparast, denied early this morning that Defence Minister Ahhmand Vahidi, a suspect in the case, will be questioned over the attack. His comments prompted a strong reaction from DAIA and AMIA Jewish community groups, which ratified their stance against the memorandum, which seems at risk.

30/01/2013 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman assured today that “no third party intervened in the ‘memorandum of understanding’ signed by Iran and Argentina which enables the latter to question Iranian citizens linked to the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Centre.”

01/02/2013 | Argentina

The head of the AMIA, Guillermo Borger, confirmed its rejection towards the deal signed between Argentina and Iran to create an independent international “truth commission” in the investigation of the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack.

03/02/2013 | Argentina

AMIA Jewish Community Centre President Guillermo Borger, said in a radio interview that the relatives of the victims of the 1994 bombing attack are going through a "difficult time" following the agreement between Argentina and Iran to create a commission to interrogate suspects.

05/11/2012 | Argentina

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, currently handling the investigation into the terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in 1994, requested Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman reveal the diplomatic negotiations held between Argentina and Iran last week.

01/12/2012 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman confirmed today that there were new meetings with envoys of the Iranian government over the probe handling the AMIA bombing, and assured that Argentina will present a new action plan in the next few weeks.

27/01/2013 | Argentina

A “Memorandum of Understanding” between the governments of Argentina and Iran intended to resolve the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Community Centre AMIA in Buenos Aires was signed today according to the Presidential web site.

28/10/2012 | Argentina

Officials from the Argentine and Iranian governments will meet on Monday in their first work session surrounding the case investigating the terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish community organization in 1994.

29/10/2012 | Argentina

Officials from the Argentine and Iranian governments met today in Geneva in their first work session surrounding the case investigating the terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish community organization in 1994.

31/10/2012 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman announced at the Government House that new negotiations between diplomatic representatives of Argentina and Iran over the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack, will take place before the end of Novemeber.

19/09/2012 | Argentina

High-ranking leaders in the Jewish community rejected a request by the Iranian government to meet with Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman next week during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, sources said.

25/09/2012 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that Argentina and Iran will meet to discuss the two bombings of Jewish targets in the 1990's, attacks in which Iran was accused by Argentine courts of playing a role.

28/09/2012 | Argentina

The Israeli government said it was disappointed by the new dialogue between Argentina and Iran over bettering bilateral relations and advancing in the search for justice over the AMIA Jewish community centre bomb blast case that caused 85 deaths in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

01/10/2011 | Argentina

Iran's supreme leader rejected the Palestinians' UN statehood bid, saying any deal that accepted the existence of Israel would leave a "cancerous tumor" forever threatening the security of the Middle East.

12/10/2011 | Argentina

After the US announced Iran’s alleged plans to commit terrorist attacks on Washington which could have involved consequent attacks in Buenos Aires, both the Israeli and Jewish communities in Argentina today expressed their “concern” over the reports, maintaining that the news “did not surprise” them.

12/10/2011 | Argentina

Social movement leader, Luis D´Elía deemed the United States' accusations against Iran over possible threats to Buenos Aires to be “ridiculous”. He further suggested that there be “dialogue” between Tehran and Argentina.

17/07/2011 | Argentina

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said that “if what was published in International press is confirmed, it would be an unprecendented and very positive step forward,” regarding Iran’s possible collaboration in the solving the bombing ofAMIA jewish community centre in 1994.

19/07/2011 | Argentina

Following Iran’s offer Sunday to help investigate into the attack on the Argentine Jewish community centre (AMIA) which took place in 1994 and claimed the lives of 85 people - Teheran offered to cooperate with Argentina to uncover the truth behind the attack, and make efforts to prove the innocence of the accused Iranian people.

30/03/2011 | Argentina

Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas said he is “certain that many local organizations are being funded by the Iranian embassy” in Buenos Aires, and warned that social movements’ leader Luis D’Elía “is aware of it.”

31/05/2011 | Argentina

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman has requested Interpol to arrest Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi, accused of being one of the masterminds of the terrorist attack to the AMIA Jewish community center, after he landed in Bolivia this morning.

16/07/2011 | Argentina

The government of Iran stated it is willing to “collaborate” in the case investigating the terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in 1994, after warning that the investigation is heading toward a “wrong way” and Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called for the “turn in of the accused.”

15/07/2015 | World

13/07/2015 | World

14/07/2015 | World

Under the deal, sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union and United Nations will be lifted in return for Iran agreeing long-term curbs on a nuclear program that the West has suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.

12/07/2015 | World

After more than two weeks of marathon negotiations, Iran and six world powers were close to nailing down an historic nuclear deal that would bring sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Tehran's atomic programme, diplomats said today.

04/04/2015 | World

02/04/2015 | World

Iran and world powers have reached a framework agreement on curbing Iran's nuclear programme for at least a decade, a step towards a comprehensive accord that could end 12 years of brinkmanship, threats and confrontation.

03/04/2015 | World

Iranians celebrated in the streets after negotiators reached a framework for a nuclear deal that could bring their country in from the cold, hailed by US President Barack Obama as an "historic understanding" with an old adversary.

30/03/2015 | World

31/03/2015 | World

With a deadline hours away, Iran and six world powers ramped up the pace today in negotiations over a preliminary deal on Tehran's nuclear program, while officials cautioned that any agreement would likely be fragile and incomplete.

02/03/2015 | World

03/03/2015 | World

Iran has rejected as "unacceptable" US President Barack Obama's demand that it freeze sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years, but said it would continue talks aimed at securing a deal, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.

10/12/2014 | World

25/10/2014 | World

A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager has been hanged, the official news agency IRNA said, despite international pleas for her life to be spared.

08/11/2014 | World

Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas has grown by 8 percent to nearly 8.4 tonnes in about two months, UN atomic inspectors said, an amount world powers will want to see cut under any nuclear deal.

22/11/2014 | World

26/09/2014 | World

Iran and six world powers made little progress today in overcoming significant disagreements in the most recent round of nuclear talks, including on uranium enrichment, Iranian and Western diplomats close to the negotiations said.

29/09/2014 | World

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to shift the spotlight away from the Islamic State militant group and back to Iran, warning the United Nations that a nuclear-armed Tehran would pose a far greater threat than "militant Islamists on pickup trucks."

16/10/2014 | World

Iran's foreign minister said that progress was made in "very difficult" nuclear talks with top US and EU diplomats this week when possible solutions were discussed, sources who attended his briefing for Iranian media said.

25/09/2014 | World

Iran President Hassan Rouhani blamed the rise of the Islamic State group and other militants on "certain intelligence agencies", saying the solution to stopping them must come from the Middle East region itself and not the West.

25/09/2014 | World

Six world power have never been so close to a deal with Iran that would resolve the decade-long nuclear standoff once and for all, but the final phase of the negotiations will be the hardest, Germany's foreign minister said.

26/09/2014 | World

US President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a meeting on Wednesday at the White House to discuss Israel's relationship with the Palestinians, the situation in Gaza, Iran nuclear talks, and the fight against Islamic State militants.

19/09/2014 | World

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Iran had a role to play in a global coalition to tackle Islamic State militants who have seized swaths of Iraq and Syria and proclaimed a caliphate in the heart of the Middle East.

21/09/2014 | World

Iran's hardline judiciary has given the government one month to block WhatsApp and other popular instant messaging services, as pressure mounts on reformist President Hassan Rouhani to scale back his social and political liberalisation.

05/09/2014 | World

A chartered aircraft carrying about 100 Americans from the US airbase at Bagram, Afghanistan, has left for Dubai after it was diverted to Iran because of issues with its flight plan, a US official and the Fly Dubai airline said.

06/09/2014 | World

A chartered aircraft carrying about 100 Americans from the Us airbase at Bagram, Afghanistan, has landed in Dubai after being diverted to Iran because of issues with its flight plan, the US State Department has said.

12/09/2014 | World

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he was comfortable that the United States would form a broad-based coalition to fight Islamic State militants but said it would not be appropriate for Iran to be involved in the efforts.

12/08/2014 | World

Iraq's new prime minister-designate won swift endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States and Iran as he called on political leaders to end crippling feuds that have let jihadists seize a third of the country.

20/07/2014 | World

Iran has moved to eliminate its most sensitive stockpile of enriched uranium gas under an interim nuclear deal reached with six world powers last year, according to an update by the UN nuclear watchdog.

23/07/2014 | World

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today called for a referendum canvassing the Arabs and Jews that live in Israel in order to end the "Zionist state", but said until such a vote could be held, armed resistance was necessary.

10/08/2014 | World

An Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane bound for Tabas in northeast Iran with 48 passengers and crew on board crashed on a road near Tehran's Mehrabad airport, killing at least 38 people, Iranian state media reported.

13/07/2014 | World

US Secretary of State John Kerry said major differences persist between Iran and six world powers negotiating on Tehran's nuclear programme, remarks echoed by Tehran, with a July 20 deadline for a deal approaching.

18/07/2014 | World

Iran and six world powers today agreed to a four-month extension of negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal that would gradually end sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, diplomats close to the talks said.

02/07/2014 | World

Iran is ready to take concrete steps to ensure its nuclear programme remains peaceful but will not "kneel in submission" to do a deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said before a resumption of talks with major powers.

03/07/2014 | World

Iran must drastically reduce its capacity to enrich uranium if it wants to reach a nuclear deal with six world powers that would lead to a gradual lifting of the crippling international sanctions on Tehran, a senior US official revealed today.

16/06/2014 | World

Iran and six world powers will try in talks in Vienna this week to narrow differences and keep alive hopes of ending a decade-old nuclear dispute by late July, despite doubts the self-imposed deadline can be met.

22/06/2014 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the United States should try to weaken both Iran and the Sunni Muslim insurgents driving toward Baghdad, urging the Obama administration not to work with Tehran to help stabilize Iraq.

14/06/2014 | World

A Sunni Islamist offensive threatening to dismember Iraq seemed to slow today after days of lightning advances as government forces reported regaining territory in counter-attacks, easing pressure on Baghdad's Shi'ite-led government.

14/06/2014 | World

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered an aircraft carrier moved into the Gulf, readying it in case Washington decides to pursue a military option after insurgents overwhelmed a string of Iraqi cities this week and threatened Baghdad.

12/05/2014 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran ended a meeting without giving statements on the outcome, leaving unclear whether progress was made in efforts to help allay international concern over Tehran's nuclear programme.

13/05/2014 | World

Six world powers and Iran launch the decisive phase of diplomacy over Tehran's nuclear work during three-day talks starting in Vienna, with the aim of resolving their decade-old dispute by July 20 despite scepticism a deal is possible.

14/05/2014 | World

Six world powers and Iran launched a decisive phase of diplomacy today to draft a lasting accord that would curb Tehran's contested nuclear activity in exchange for a phased end to sanctions that have hobbled the Iranian economy.

16/03/2014 | World

Iran has pursued a longstanding effort to buy banned components for its nuclear and missile programs in recent months, a US official said today, a period when it struck an interim deal with major powers to limit its disputed atomic activity.

17/03/2014 | World

Iran and six world powers will try to make headway toward resolving their nuclear dispute in talks starting in Vienna tomorrow, with Western officials hoping the uphill challenge will not be made even more difficult by the Ukraine crisis.

18/03/2014 | World

Iran and six world powers sought today to make headway towards resolving their decade-old nuclear dispute, with Western officials expressing hope the talks would not be further complicated by the Ukraine crisis.

04/03/2014 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers today not to allow Iran to retain the ability to enrich uranium, saying it must be stripped of all nuclear technologies with bomb-making potential.

08/03/2014 | World

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has arrived in Tehran to discuss issues including Iran's disputed nuclear program, before another round of talks between Iran and world powers, with with some reformist media calling her visit "an achievement" for pragmatist President Rouhani.

11/03/2014 | World

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

03/03/2014 | World

Even as he grappled with the Ukraine crisis, President Barack Obama turned to White House talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking to nudge him forward in Middle East peace efforts and ease his suspicions about diplomacy with Iran.

03/03/2014 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told Barack Obama that Israelis expected their leader not to compromise on their security even as the US president sought to reassure him on Iran diplomacy and pressure him on Middle East peace talks.

11/02/2014 | World

President Barack Obama issued a sharp warning to companies eyeing business deals with Iran, saying the United States would come down like a "ton of bricks" on those that violated sanctions against Tehran.

17/02/2014 | World

Iran's supreme leader vowed to continue nuclear talks resuming with world powers tomorrow despite some reservations, in his strongest sign of support for moderate President Hassan Rouhani's push to resolve the conflict peacefully.

08/02/2014 | World

An Iranian naval officer said a number of warships had been ordered to approach US maritime borders as a response to the stationing of US vessels in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

09/02/2014 | World

The UN nuclear agency has said that Iran had agreed to start addressing suspicions that it may have worked on designing an atomic weapon, a potential breakthrough in a long-stalled investigation into Tehran's atomic activities.

10/02/2014 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog signaled its determination today to get to the bottom of suspicions that Iran may have worked on designing an atomic bomb, a day after Tehran agreed to start addressing the sensitive issue.

06/02/2014 | World

The Obama administration targeted a host of businesses across Europe and the Middle East for evading sanctions against Iran, a signal that Washington aims to keep pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program.

08/02/2014 | World

Iran's Supreme Leader said the United States would overthrow the Iranian government if it could, adding Washington had a "controlling and meddlesome" attitude towards the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported.

29/01/2014 | World

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Iran to bolster trade and energy ties, state TV said, in what also looked like a bid to defuse tensions over Syria by capitalising on Tehran's diplomatic opening to regional rivals and the West.

02/02/2014 | World

Iran's foreign minister held rare private talks with his US counterpart today and said it would be a "disaster" if Tehran did not turn a provisional agreement to defuse a decade-old dispute over its nuclear programme into a permanent deal.

03/02/2014 | World

An agreement on Iran's nuclear programme is possible within six months if there is good will, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Minister Mohammad Zarif said today, adding that he was not worried about the US Congress trying to impose new sanctions.

24/01/2014 | World

The UN atomic agency has asked member countries for more money to fund the increased inspections it will conduct in Iran as it verifies Tehran's compliance with a nuclear deal agreed with six world powers.

27/01/2014 | World

The first round of talks between Iran and six world powers on a long-term deal for Tehran to curb parts of its nuclear program in exchange for a gradual lifting of sanctions is expected to take place next month in New York, Western officials said today.

20/01/2014 | World

The United States has followed through on promised sanctions relief for Iran covering oil exports, trade in precious metals and automotive services as part of a nuclear agreement that began taking effect this week.

20/01/2014 | World

Iran's UN ambassador issued Tehran's most unambiguous statement so far on Iranian participation in this week's peace talks on Syria, saying that Iran will definitely not take part if it is required to accept a June 2012 deal agreed in Geneva.

18/01/2014 | World

An Iranian diplomat was killed in Yemen's capital Sanaa when he resisted gunmen who were trying to kidnap him near the ambassador's residence, the Iranian Foreign Ministry and Yemeni security sources said.

20/01/2014 | World

Iran has halted its most disputed nuclear activity under a ground-breaking deal with six world powers, a confidential UN atomic agency report obtained by Reuters showed, paving the way for the easing of some Western sanctions against Tehran.

20/01/2014 | World

The United States has insisted that a UN invitation to Iran to attend a January 22 peace conference on ending Syria's war should be withdrawn unless Tehran fully supports a 2012 plan to establish a transitional government in Syria.

13/01/2014 | World

World powers and Iran will very likely meet again on Tehran's nuclear ambitions in February, shortly after a six-month deal restricting its atomic work goes into effect, a diplomatic source has confirmed.

10/01/2014 | World

Iran and the EU appeared to make progress in resolving outstanding differences on how to implement a landmark nuclear deal in talks in Geneva but the United States said discussions were not yet finalised.

12/01/2014 | World

The US president said his country and other nations would begin to give Iran "modest relief" on economic sanctions but warned Washington would be ready to increase its sanctions if Tehran fails to abide by the nuclear deal implementation agreement.

31/12/2013 | World

07/01/2014 | World

20/12/2013 | World

President Barack Obama said on Friday he understands why some US lawmakers want to "look tough" on Iran but insisted now is not the time to impose new sanctions on Tehran while it is set to negotiate over a long-term nuclear deal with world powers.

22/12/2013 | World

Six world powers and Iran have suspended their expert-level talks on implementing a landmark nuclear deal until after Christmas, a spokeswoman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said today.

23/12/2013 | World

Iran wants to improve bilateral relations with the United States and other Western powers, President Hassan Rouhani said in an editorial published in a German newspaper today, broaching an issue he has so far avoided since he took office.

19/12/2013 | World

The White House said a new sanctions bill against Iran would disrupt diplomacy aimed at preventing Teheran from building a nuclear weapon, and added that sanctions could quickly be imposed if efforts to reach a deal fail.

19/12/2013 | World

Iran and six world powers have resumed expert-level talks in Geneva to work out how to put into practice a landmark deal obliging Tehran to curb its nuclear program in return for some relief from economic sanctions.

14/12/2013 | World

Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States has not abandoned a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran six years ago and that he personally has raised the issue, according to an interview with ABC News.

08/12/2013 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United States and other world powers to demand that Iran change what he called its "genocidal" anti-Israel policy as part of negotiations with Tehran on a final nuclear deal.

07/12/2013 | World

President Barack Obama defended an interim deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program and, seeking to reassure Israel, pledged to step up sanctions or prepare for a potential military strike if Tehran fails to abide by the pact.

24/11/2013 | World

25/11/2013 | World

Israel's top security adviser plans to go to Washington to discuss a comprehensive nuclear deal that the United States and five other powers hope to negotiate with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced.

28/11/2013 | World

Iran has invited UN inspectors to visit its Arak heavy-water production plant on December 8, the first concrete step under a cooperation agreement to clarify concerns about Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

24/11/2013 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced the big powers' nuclear deal with Iran as a historic mistake that left the production of atomic weapons within Tehran's reach, and he said Israel would not be bound by it.

21/11/2013 | World

France and Iran traded tough words as major powers struggled to finalise an interim deal to curb Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, with Paris urging the West to remain firm and Tehran deploring a loss of trust.

18/11/2013 | World

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iran's Hassan Rouhani there was a "real chance" for a nuclear deal, two days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers, hoping to end a decade-long standoff over its atomic programme.

19/11/2013 | World

Two explosions, at least one caused by a suicide bomber, rocked Iran's embassy in Lebanon killing at least 23 people, including an Iranian cultural attaché, and hurling bodies, cars and debris across the street.

19/11/2013 | World

Two suicide bombings rocked Iran's embassy compound in Lebanon today, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attache and hurling bodies and burning wreckage across a debris-strewn street.

16/11/2013 | World

Global powers and Iran are close to a preliminary deal to rein in Tehran's nuclear programme and should not pass up a "very good chance" to clinch it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks broadcast.

17/11/2013 | World

Iran has the right to enrich uranium, but does not insist others recognise that right, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said, in what could be a way around one of the main sticking points between Tehran and world powers in talks this week.

17/11/2013 | World

President Francois Hollande has assured Israel that France would continue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against Iran until it was convinced Tehran had given up any pursuit of nuclear weapons.

11/11/2013 | World

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said he hoped an agreement on Iran's disputed nuclear programme would be signed within months and that London and Tehran revive diplomatic ties, signs of a warmer atmosphere between the Islamic Republic and the West.

14/11/2013 | World

Since Hassan Rouhani became president, Iran has stopped expanding its uranium enrichment capacity, a UN inspection report showed, in a potential boost for diplomacy to end the Tehran-West nuclear dispute.

10/11/2013 | World

President Hassan Rouhani, architect of Iran's diplomatic opening to world powers, stated that the country had "red lines" and would not bow to threats in an apparent bid to keep hardliners on side as Tehran edges toward a deal on its nuclear programme.

10/11/2013 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his case against a nuclear accord with Iran directly to the US public today, denouncing "a very bad deal" that he feared the Obama administration was pursuing.

11/11/2013 | World

Iran will grant UN inspectors "managed access" to a uranium mine and a heavy water plant within three months as part of a cooperation pact reached today aimed at allaying international concern about Tehran's nuclear programme.

07/11/2013 | World

The US Senate Banking Committee will move ahead with a package of tough new sanctions on Iran after the negotiating session over its nuclear program ends in Geneva tomorrow, the committee's chairman said.

09/11/2013 | World

Barring a last-minute breakthrough, talks between Iran and six world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions were set to end without a full agreement as a split emerged between France and the other Western powers, diplomats said.

29/10/2013 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran held productive talks this week on how to advance a long-blocked inquiry into Iranian atomic activities and agreed to meet again in Tehran on November 11, the two sides said in a rare joint statement today.

31/10/2013 | World

Vice President Joe Biden led a high-powered delegation to Capitol Hill to try to persuade US lawmakers to hold off on any more sanctions against Iran and let delicate diplomatic talks over Tehran's nuclear program unfold.

03/11/2013 | World

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's has given strong backing to his president's push for nuclear negotiations, warning hardliners not to accuse Hassan Rouhani of compromising with the old enemy America.

13/10/2013 | World

Iran has rejected the West's demand that it send sensitive nuclear material out of the country but signalled flexibility on other aspects of its atomic activities that worry world powers, ahead of renewed negotiations this week.

16/10/2013 | World

Israel urged Western powers not to give up economic sanctions on Iran until Tehran proves it is dismantling its nuclear program that the United States and its allies believe is aimed at developing atomic weapons.

21/10/2013 | World

Saudi Arabia's Gulf Arab allies and Egypt have applauded its decision to reject a UN Security Council seat in protest at the world body's failure to act on Syria, whose leader is backed by Russia and Shi'ite Iran.

05/10/2013 | World

The United States believes Iran is a year or a more away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press released, although he described the estimate as "conservative."

10/10/2013 | World

Iran is running for the vice chairmanship of the UN Disarmament Commission, which the United States said was unacceptable in light of Tehran's many breaches of Security Council demands that it halt its controversial atomic work.

30/09/2013 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged President Barack Obama today to keep sanctions in place against Iran and to even tighten them if Tehran continues its nuclear advances during a coming round of negotiations with the West.

01/10/2013 | World

Under pressure not to squeeze Iran too hard, the US Senate is unlikely to impose a fresh round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic until after Tehran holds nuclear talks with world powers later this month, lawmakers and congressional aides said.

26/09/2013 | World

Six major powers and Iran agreed to meet in Geneva next month for further talks on resolving the standoff with Tehran on its nuclear program, the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said.

27/09/2013 | World

US President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone, the highest-level contact since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and a sign that both sides are serious about reaching a pact on Iran's nuclear program.

28/09/2013 | World

Hundreds of Iranians cheered President Hassan Rouhani on his return from New York after his historic phone call with US President Barack Obama but a smaller number of hardliners shouted "Death to America" and threw eggs and shoes at his official car leaving the airport, Iranian media reported.

25/09/2013 | World

Iran's new government, stepping up a campaign to project a more moderate image abroad, said it wants to jump-start talks with world powers to resolve a decade-long dispute over its nuclear program and hoped for a deal in three to six months.

23/09/2013 | World

President Hassan Rouhani said today he would use his visit to the United Nations this week to present the "true face of Iran" and to pursue talks and cooperation with the West to end Iran's nuclear dispute.

18/09/2013 | World

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has revealed in a television interview that his government would never develop nuclear weapons and that he has full authority to negotiate a nuclear deal with the West.

19/09/2013 | World

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended efforts by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's government to engage with the international community and praised Tehran for releasing several prominent prisoners.

05/09/2013 | World

The United States voiced disappointment that Iran's new president has not moved more swiftly to allay international concerns about the country's atomic program, saying Tehran is undermining hopes of ending its nuclear standoff with the West.

02/08/2013 | World

Iran's president-elect today said Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands was a "wound" on the Muslim world, in remarks shown on state television that differed sharply from an earlier local news agency report on his comments.

02/08/2013 | World

The Obama administration is signaling its hopes for an easing of nuclear tensions after Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani takes office, but holding off on substantive moves until the moderate cleric shows a willingness to negotiate seriously.

03/08/2013 | World

Hassan Rouhani took office as Iran's president promising "constructive interaction with the world" after eight years under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked by diplomatic confrontation and damaging sanctions.

28/06/2013 | World

Iran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, its nuclear energy chief said today, signaling no change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election.

21/07/2013 | World

Iran denied it had failed to make payments on its loans to the World Bank for the last six months, blaming Western sanctions for preventing an intermediary from forwarding funds to the global lender, Iran's IRNA state news agency said.

30/07/2013 | World

Iran is campaigning for a key position on a UN General Assembly committee that deals with disarmament and international security amid strong criticism from Israel and others who accuse Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

15/06/2013 | World

Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election with a resounding defeat of conservative hardliners, calling it a victory of moderation over extremism and pledging a new tone of respect in international affairs.

17/06/2013 | World

President-elect Hassan Rohani said today he hoped the world would grasp a new opportunity for "constructive interaction" with Iran and pledged to be more transparent about the Islamic Republic's nuclear program in order to see sanctions lifted.

31/05/2013 | World

The United States today blacklisted companies in Iran's petrochemical industry, sending a warning signal to its global customers and representing the latest effort by Washington to cut funds to the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

03/06/2013 | World

UN nuclear investigators may no longer find anything if granted access to Iran's Parchin military site, their chief said today, in view of suspected Iranian efforts to remove any traces of illicit atomic activity there.

13/05/2013 | World

The United States said it was "highly inappropriate" for Iran to take over the rotating chair of the UN Conference on Disarmament this month and vowed that its ambassador would boycott any meeting led by the Tehran.

23/05/2013 | World

Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment program, a UN nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they would work.

16/04/2013 | World

A major earthquake centered on a border area of southeast Iran killed at least 13 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroyed hundreds of houses and shook buildings as far away as India and Gulf Arab states.

13/05/2013 | World

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying an ally to register for the June presidential vote, the electoral watchdog said, in a possible move by rival conservative hardliners keen to pre-empt any challenge to Iran's clerical supreme leader.

06/04/2013 | World

World powers and Iran remained far apart after ending two days of intensive talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Saturday, the European Union's foreign policy chief said, prolonging a stand-off that risks spiraling into a new Middle East war.

05/04/2013 | World

World powers urged Iran to give a "clear and concrete" response to their offer to ease some economic sanctions if Tehran stops its most sensitive nuclear work, in talks aimed at calming tensions that threaten to boil over into war.

05/04/2013 | World

Iran appeared to side-step responding to proposals by world powers to defuse tensions over its nuclear programme at talks in Kazakhstan, diplomats said, and instead came up with its own plan - a measure of the gulf between the two sides.

28/03/2013 | World

Iran, Syria and North Korea prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban weapons sales to rebel groups.

29/03/2013 | World

Turkey exported almost $120 million worth of gold to Iran in February, data showed, suggesting the two countries' trade of gold for natural gas has resumed despite tighter US sanctions, though at levels below last year's peaks.

06/03/2013 | World

The United States warned Iran that it faces further international isolation if it fails to address the UN nuclear watchdog's concerns about its atomic activities, which the West suspects may have military purposes.

20/03/2013 | World

Making his first official visit to Israel, President Barack Obama pledged unwavering commitment to the security of the Jewish State where concern over a nuclear-armed Iran has clouded US-Israeli relations.

20/03/2013 | World

Iranian Ayatollah Ali Jamenei affirmed that “the enemies” of his country have failed in their attempt to hurt Iran's economy through sanctions imposed by the West over Tehran’s alleged non-peaceful nuclear ambitions.

04/03/2013 | World

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog urged Iran to give his inspectors immediate access to the Parchin military site, where they suspect explosives tests relevant to nuclear weapons development may have taken place.

06/03/2013 | World

27/02/2013 | World

Iran gave an upbeat assessment of two days of nuclear talks with world powers that ended, but Western officials said Tehran must start taking concrete steps to ease mounting concerns about its atomic activity.

27/02/2013 | World

Iran gave an upbeat assessment of two days of nuclear talks with world powers that ended, but Western officials said Tehran must start taking concrete steps to ease mounting concerns about its atomic activity.

22/02/2013 | World

Iran appears to be advancing in its construction of a research reactor Western experts say could offer the Islamic state a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb, if it decided to embark on such a course, a UN report showed.

24/02/2013 | World

British tabloid The Sunday Times indicated today that the Iran-Argentina accord on the investigation of the AMIA bombing case also hides a joint missile development project that could threaten and put the Malvinas Islands within range.

07/02/2013 | World

Iran's highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, today rejected an offer of direct talks made by US Vice President Joe Biden this week, saying they would not solve the problems between them, Iranian media reported.

17/02/2013 | World

Four US congressmen met an Iranian dissident leader and urged President Barack Obama to treat her group as an alternative to Tehran's government, four months after its removal from a list of terrorist organisations.

05/02/2013 | World

06/02/2013 | World

The Iranian people are ready to march on Israel to "wipe it out" if the Jewish state attacks the Islamic republic, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in statements published today by Egypt's state news agency.

31/01/2013 | World

Iran has announced plans to install and operate advanced uranium enrichment machines, in what would be a technological leap allowing it to significantly speed up activity the West fears could be put to developing a nuclear weapon.

03/02/2013 | World

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the parliament speaker's family of corruption, turning a long-standing rivalry between two of Iran's most powerful figures into a face-to-face feud, months before an election.

17/01/2013 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran appear to have failed again in talks this week to finalise a deal to unblock an investigation into suspected atom bomb research in the Islamic state, a diplomatic source said.

28/01/2013 | World

Israel’s Foreign Ministry communicated to be “surprised” by the deal signed between Argentina and Iran to establish an independent international “truth commission” in the investigation of the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack.

13/12/2012 | World

Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran today to hold talks over Iran's disputed nuclear program but there was no sign they would gain access to the Parchin military complex as requested.

04/01/2013 | World

Iran has agreed to hold talks with six major powers about its atomic program in January but the date and venue has yet to be decided, the country's top nuclear negotiator said today, while the European Union assured no date has been fixed for further talks on Iran's nuclear programme.

13/11/2012 | World

Iran unveiled new missile and artillery systems today, Iranian media reported, on the second day of large-scale military exercises which officials said were aimed at sending a warning to those threatening the Islamic Republic.

29/11/2012 | World

The United States set a March deadline today for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a UN nuclear agency investigation, saying it would otherwise urge reporting the issue to the UN Security Council.

30/10/2012 | World

Iran’s government rejected once more the involvement of any Iranian citizen in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Centre terrorist bombing, but indicated to be ready to help into identifying those who could have committed the attack.

04/11/2012 | World

Iran's parliament told President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad he must appear before the assembly within a month to explain his economic policies at a time of crisis, his second such summons in less than a year.

06/10/2012 | World

Tehran's Grand Bazaar reopened under close police supervision on Saturday, traders said, days after it was shut by clashes between riot police and protesters blaming the government for the collapse of the Iranian currency

15/10/2012 | World

European Union governments agreed further sanctions against Iran's banking, shipping and industrial sectors, cranking up financial pressure on Tehran in the hope of drawing it into serious negotiations on its nuclear programme.

27/09/2012 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his "red line" for Iran's nuclear program - the point at which Iran has amassed nearly enough highly enriched uranium for a single atomic bomb - and voiced confidence that the United States shares his view.

28/09/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a show of unity on preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, seeking to tone down the acrimony between the two leaders that has become an issue in the final stretch of the US presidential race.

25/09/2012 | World

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the "door may be closing, for good" on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the continued growth of Jewish settlements undercuts peace.

26/09/2012 | World

Iran is under threat of military action from "uncivilized Zionists," a clear reference to Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today, saying that such threats are designed to force nations into submission.

24/09/2012 | World

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad disregarded a UN warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric and declared ahead of the annual General Assembly session that Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated."

20/09/2012 | World

Iraq denied today a Western intelligence report that said Iranian aircraft had flown weapons and military personnel over Iraqi airspace to Syria to help President Bashar al-Assad battle an 18-month-old uprising.

18/09/2012 | World

Foreign ministers and the chief negotiator for world powers will meet next week to try to figure out how to break an impasse in negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, after talks yielded no sign of progress.

10/09/2012 | World

UN nuclear watchdog chief pressed Iran today to grant his inspectors immediate access to the Parchin military site, where they believe Tehran may have conducted explosives tests relevant to the development of nuclear weapons.

11/09/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program and reaffirmed their united determination to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the White House said.

17/09/2012 | World

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on Tuesday, Ashton's office said, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a political solution was still possible in the stand-off over Tehran's atomic programme.

06/09/2012 | World

US officials are questioning Iraq about Iranian flights in Iraqi airspace suspected of ferrying weapons to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose conflict with rebels threatens to drag his neighbors into a regional struggle.

24/08/2012 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran failed on Friday to strike a deal aimed at allaying concerns about suspected nuclear weapons research by Tehran, a setback in efforts to resolve the stand-off diplomatically before any Israeli or US military action.

26/08/2012 | World

An influential Israeli rabbi has called for prayers for Iran's destruction, a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to court his support for a possible attack on a nuclear program Israel sees as an existential threat.

22/08/2012 | World

UN nuclear inspectors will press again for access to a major military facility in talks with Iran this week as the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed concern about suspected whitewashing efforts.

17/08/2012 | World

Many thousands of Iranians shouted "Death to America, death to Israel" during state-organized protests and president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told them there was no place for the Jewish state in a future Middle East.

17/08/2012 | World

Hezbollah said it could kill tens of thousands of Israelis by hitting targets with what it described as precision-guided missiles in a declaration that seemed aimed at deterring Israeli strikes on Lebanon or its regional backer Iran.

14/08/2012 | World

Rescue workers recovered more bodies three days after two powerful earthquakes struck northwest Iran, leaving more than 300 dead, but officials played down reports the number of casualties could still sharply increase.

11/08/2012 | World

The death toll in two strong earthquakes which struck northwest Iran on Saturday rose to 87, with about 400 people injured, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted the head of the crisis centre in East Azerbaijan province as saying.

29/07/2012 | World

US Republican candidate Mitt Romney, presenting himself as Israel's best friend in the Nov. 6 presidential election, said that "any and all measures" must be used to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

31/07/2012 | World

President Barack Obama announced new US sanctions against Iran's energy, petrochemical and financial sectors today that he said would further pressure the country for failing to meet international nuclear obligations.

04/07/2012 | World

Iran has threatened to destroy US military bases across the Middle East and target Israel within minutes of being attacked, Iranian media reported, as Revolutionary Guards extended test-firing of ballistic missiles into a third day.

06/07/2012 | World

Iran's spy chief accused German and French intelligence agencies today of involvement in assassinations of its nuclear scientists, sticking to a hard official line as sanctions imposed over its disputed atomic ambitions bite harder.

07/07/2012 | World

Iran has reached agreements with European refiners to sell some of its oil through a private consortium, an official said today, a move designed to circumvent sanctions intended to put pressure on Tehran to halt its disputed nuclear programme.

08/06/2012 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog said it had made no progress in talks with Iran on Friday to finalise a deal on resuming a long-stalled investigation into suspected nuclear weapons research by Tehran and it called the outcome "disappointing".

21/06/2012 | World

Iran has detected a planned "massive cyber attack" against its nuclear facilities, state television said today, after talks with major powers this week failed to resolve a row over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities.

05/06/2012 | World

If the world recognises Iran's "nuclear rights," negotiations aimed at easing a standoff with the West later this month could have a positive outcome, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader was quoted as saying.

25/05/2012 | World

Iran and world powers agreed to meet again next month to try to ease the long standoff over its nuclear work despite achieving scant progress at talks in Baghdad towards resolving the main sticking points of their dispute.

22/05/2012 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog chief said today he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to ease investigation into suspected work on atom bombs, potentially brightening prospects for big-power talks with Tehran to stop a drift towards conflict.

23/05/2012 | World

World powers and Iran held unusually detailed talks today about how it could show its nuclear work is not a disguised quest for atom bombs, in a Baghdad meeting aimed at halting a slide toward a new Middle East war.

24/05/2012 | World

Iran and world powers will meet in Moscow on June 18-19 to hold further talks to try solve a long-standing dispute about an Iranian nuclear energy program, European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said today.

17/05/2012 | World

Iran's Foreign Ministry threatened to take legal action against Google for dropping the name Persian Gulf from its Google Maps and leaving the waterway between Iran and Arab states nameless, state television reported.

17/05/2012 | World

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warnedthat military action against sovereign states could lead to a regional nuclear war, starkly voicing Moscow's opposition to Western intervention ahead of a G8 summit at which Syria and Iran will be discussed

03/05/2012 | World

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China to help defuse tension over Iran, North Korea and other global flashpoints, seeking to salvage talks that have been overwhelmed by negotiations over a dissident.

07/05/2012 | World

The United States called on Iran today to take "urgent practical steps" to build confidence during nuclear talks with world powers, and the European Union said Tehran must suspend sensitive atomic activities.

28/04/2012 | World

The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed today it will resume talks with Iran in mid-May, more than two months after the last meeting over concerns about the Islamic state's atomic activities ended in failure.

30/04/2012 | World

An Iranian envoy voiced hope that talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in mid-May would help resolve "outstanding issues", but he again ruled out any halt to the Islamic state's controversial uranium enrichment program.

15/04/2012 | World

After a year of sanctions and sabre-rattling over Iran's nuclear programme, negotiators from Tehran and six world powers finally resumed talks and found at least enough common ground to agree to meet again next month.

15/04/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama said there would be more sanctions imposed on Iran if there is no breakthrough in nuclear talks with global powers in the coming months, responding to Israeli accusations that Tehran has been given a "freebie."

09/04/2012 | World

Iran has no interest in reviving a failed nuclear fuel swap deal with Western powers, but might scale back production of higher-grade enriched uranium once it has the material it needs, the head of the country's atomic energy organisation said.

10/04/2012 | World

Iran has cut oil exports to Spain and may halt sales to Germany and Italy, Iran's English-language state television reported, in an apparent move to strengthen its position ahead of crucial talks with world powers later this week.

11/04/2012 | World

Iran will present new proposals at talks on Saturday aimed at easing concerns about its nuclear activity, state television said, but it was unclear if Tehran was willing to address its disputed uranium enrichment drive as six world powers want.

26/03/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama vowed today to pursue further nuclear arms cuts with Russia, urged China to follow suit and issued stern warnings to North Korea and Iran in their nuclear standoffs with the West.

30/03/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama vowed to forge ahead with tough sanctions on Iran, saying there was enough oil in the world market - including emergency stockpiles - to allow countries to cut Iranian imports.

20/03/2012 | World

President Barack Obama accused Iran today of imposing an "electronic curtain" to stop the free flow of ideas and information into the Islamic republic and promised a new US push to ease the Iranian people's access to the Internet.

13/03/2012 | World

In a joint article for yesterday's Washington Post, United States President Barack Obama and United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron stressed the two countries’ historical partnership and vowed to extend the relationship as the two work together on key international issues.

14/03/2012 | World

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was summoned to parliament today for an unprecedented grilling by lawmakers who accused him of economic mismanagement and making "illegal" appointments. Ahmadinejad gave a defiant and at times mocking defence of his economic and political managemen

15/03/2012 | World

The sanctions vice is tightening on Iran, cutting it out of key global financial networks, but Tehran is taking urgent steps to withstand the pressure over a nuclear program the West suspects is intended to produce bombs.

06/03/2012 | World

Benjamin Netanyahu assured President Barack Obama that Israel has not made any decision on attacking Iran's nuclear sites, sources close to the talks said, but the Israeli prime minister gave no sign of backing away from possible military action.

08/03/2012 | World

United States, China, Russia, France, Germany and Britain told Iran today to let international inspectors visit a military site where the UN nuclear watchdog says development work relevant for nuclear weapons may have taken place.

02/03/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama issued his most direct threat yet of US military action against Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon, but in a message to Israel's leader ahead of White House talks he also cautioned against a pre-emptive Israeli strike.

04/03/2012 | World

President Barack Obama warned on Sunday against "loose talk" of a war with Iran ahead of a crucial meeting in which he will urge Israel's prime minister to avoid a premature strike on the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities.

05/03/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama appealed to Benjamin Netanyahu to give sanctions time to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, but the Israeli prime minister offered no sign of backing away from possible military action, saying his country must be the "master of its fate."

23/02/2012 | World

Japan may cut Iranian crude oil imports by a more-than-expected 20 percent as it seeks a waiver from US sanctions, a newspaper reported, a move which would spare its banks from a major blow but also boost its rising fuel import bill.

24/02/2012 | World

Iran has sharply stepped up its controversial uranium enrichment drive, the UN nuclear agency said in a report that will further inflame Israeli fears the Islamic Republic is pushing ahead with atomic bomb plans.

25/02/2012 | World

Iran has yet to give an explanation over a small quantity of missing uranium metal from a research site, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report that voiced concern over possible military links to Tehran's nuclear programme.

22/02/2012 | World

The White House today criticized Iran over the failure of the UN nuclear watchdog's latest mission, saying it again showed Tehran's refusal to abide by its international obligations over its nuclear program.

13/02/2012 | World

Bombers targeted staff at Israel's embassies in India and Georgia today, wounding four people, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of being involved in the attacks. Israel had put its foreign missions on especially high alert.

05/02/2012 | World

US President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.

07/02/2012 | World

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman today denounced as "an antagonistic move" a tightening of US sanctions targeting Tehran's central bank and giving US banks new powers to freeze Iranian government assets, adding the measure will have no impact.

03/02/2012 | World

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack, after US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was cited as saying he feared a possible Israeli strike as early as April.

05/02/2012 | World

Iran will target any country used as a launchpad for attacks against its soil, the deputy Revolutionary Guards commander said, expanding Tehran's range of threats in an increasingly volatile stand-off with world powers over its nuclear ambitions.

23/01/2012 | World

The European Union banned imports of oil from Iran today and imposed a number of other economic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at deflecting Tehran's nuclear development programme.

26/01/2012 | World

The European Union rather than Iran will lose out under new EU sanctions banning Iranian oil, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today as lawmakers said they might cut supplies to EU countries ahead of a July 1 deadline.

27/01/2012 | World

Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a trial of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing European economies.

20/01/2012 | World

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said today that Iran's leaders must be forced to negotiate over the country's uranium enrichment programme because time was running out to avoid a military intervention.

11/01/2012 | World

Iran said one of its nuclear scientists was killed today by a magnet bomb fixed to his car by a motorcyclist and blamed Israel for the attack, intensifying diplomatic tensions the West over Tehran's nuclear program.

09/01/2012 | World

Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an Iranian-American man to death for spying for the CIA, a news agency quoted a judiciary official as saying, a move likely to aggravate US-Iranian tension already high because of Tehran's nuclear work.

03/01/2012 | World

Iran threatened today to take action if the US Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran's most aggressive statement yet after weeks of sabre-rattling as new US and EU financial sanctions take a toll on its economy.

05/01/2012 | World

Britain signalled its readiness to use military force if necessary to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, warning Iran not to miscalculate over the West's determination to prevent disruption to the key shipping route.

06/01/2012 | World

Iran announced plans today for new military exercises in the world's most important oil shipping lane, the latest in weeks of bellicose gestures towards the West as new sanctions threaten Tehran's oil exports.

29/12/2011 | World

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said the United States was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz," state television reported, after the US said it would preserve oil shipments in the Gulf.

30/12/2011 | World

Iran will fire long-range missiles during a naval drill in the Gulf tomorrow, a semi-official news agency reported, a show of force at a time when Iran has threatened to close shipping lanes if the West imposes sanctions on its oil exports.

01/01/2012 | World

Iran announced a nuclear fuel breakthrough and test-fired a new radar-evading medium-range missile in the Gulf, moves that could further antagonise the West at a time when Tehran is trying to avert harsh new sanctions on its oil industry.

20/12/2011 | World

Iran has renewed an invitation to the UN nuclear agency to visit the country "with the aim of resolving" issues, the Islamic state's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency told reporters today.

01/12/2011 | World

EU governments agreed today to add about 180 people and entities to its sanctions on Iran, an EU official said. The ratcheting up of pressure on Iran follows a November 8 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency which presented intelligence suggesting Iran had worked on designing an atomic bomb.

29/11/2011 | World

Iranian protesters stormed the British Embassy compound in Tehran, smashing windows and burning the British flag during a rally to protest against sanctions imposed by Britain, live Iranian television showed.

29/11/2011 | World

British Prime Minister David Cameron labelled an attack by Iranian protesters on the British embassy in Tehran "outrageous and indefensible" and called on the Islamic republic to prosecute those responsible.

18/11/2011 | World

The UN nuclear watchdog board censured Iran over mounting suspicions it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran said the move would only strengthen its determination to press on with sensitive work.

19/11/2011 | World

Iranian media described a resolution from the UN nuclear watchdog expressing "deep and increasing concern" about the country's atomic programme as a victory, celebrating the fact it does not call for new UN sanctions.

21/11/2011 | World

The Treasury Department plans to designate Iran as an area of "primary money laundering concern" today, a US official said, a move allowing it to take steps to further isolate the Iranian financial sector.

16/11/2011 | World

World powers look set to overcome their differences and agree on a UN atomic agency resolution aimed at putting diplomatic pressure on Iran to address mounting fears about its nuclear programme, Western diplomats said.

13/11/2011 | World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the full extent of Iran's nuclear programme was not reflected in a recent UN report, which said that Tehran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb.

09/11/2011 | World

Iran has started moving nuclear material to an underground facility for the pursuit of sensitive atomic activities, a UN nuclear agency report showed, a development likely to add to Western suspicions Tehran is trying to build a weapon.

09/11/2011 | World

Iran remains ready to engage in negotiations with world powers concerned about its nuclear programme, but only if the other parties show it due respect, its Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. Western countries called for new sanctions against Iran, but veto-wielder Russia indicated it would block new measures at the UN Security Council.

08/11/2011 | World

The United States may impose more sanctions on Iran, possibly on commercial banks or front companies, but is unlikely to go after its oil and gas sector or its central bank for now, a US official said. The UN nuclear watchdog reported Iran has worked on developing an atomic bomb design.

08/11/2011 | World

Russia criticized today the release of information in a UN nuclear agency report on Iran's nuclear programme, saying it would reduce hopes for dialogue with Tehran and suggesting it was aimed to scuttle the chances for a diplomatic solution.

25/10/2011 | World

Western countries supported Muammar Gaddafi when it suited them but bombed the Libyan leader when he no longer served their purpose in order to "plunder" the north African country's oil wealth, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today.

28/10/2011 | World

Three separate explosions were reported on Iranian oil and gas infrastructure, with an oil field blast killing one person. There was no apparent connection between the three incidents but they are likely to raise concerns about safety in Iran's vital energy sector, which has been deprived of foreign investments due to sanctions.

17/10/2011 | World

Iran said today it would examine "seriously and patiently" US allegations it planned to assassinate a Saudi ambassador and called on Washington to send evidence of the plot it has dismissed as baseless propaganda.

14/10/2011 | World

An official at Iran's United Nations mission denied that Tehran had been in direct contact with the United States over an allegation it was behind a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador on US soil, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported

13/10/2011 | World

Britain will work with the United States, the European Union and Saudi Arabia to agree on an international response to an alleged Iranian-backed plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

11/10/2011 | World

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be expected to 'take measures' by its people after US authorities broke up a plot by two men linked to the Iranian government to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States.

12/10/2011 | World

The White House said today it was taking "no options off the table" in dealing with Iran after US authorities broke up an alleged plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, but that US policy was focussed on pressing sanctions on Tehran.

05/09/2011 | World

Iran would be ready to grant the UN atomic watchdog "full supervision" of its nuclear activities for five years if UN sanctions were lifted, a senior official was quoted as saying today, an offer the West will likely greet with scepticism.

22/09/2011 | World

The White House dismissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's attack on US policy in his speech at the United Nations today and accused Iran's government of "vile mistreatment" of its own citizens.

15/08/2011 | World

Russia will look to revive nuclear talks between Iran and the world's biggest economic and military powers this week, hoping its special relationship with Tehran can help jolt back to life negotiations that some analysts consider "dead in the water."

24/05/2011 | World

An explosion at an Iranian oil refinery during a visit by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on left the president unhurt but delivered an embarrassing blow to his drive to increase gasoline output and foil international sanctions.Two people were killed and 12 injured.

24/05/2011 | World

The United States announced new sanctions on Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA and six other smaller oil and shipping companies for engaging in trade with Iran in violation of a US ban. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said that Venezuela was still studying whether it could fulfill all its oil supply obligations after the sanctions.

10/05/2011 | World

Iran's nuclear negotiator has said the next talks with world powers must be held without pressure, which analysts said indicated Tehran would stick to its refusal to address its uranium enrichment drive.

01/03/2011 | World

People with diabetes in the United States and several other countries do not get effective treatment to control their disease, US researchers said, and health insurance, not personal wealth, plays a big role in determining which diabetics get good care.

04/01/2011 | World

Iran has invited envoys from China, the European Union and elsewhere to visit key nuclear sites in a bid to show openness about its disputed atomic work ahead of new talks with major powers later this month.

22/01/2011 | World

World powers failed to prise any change from Iran in two days of talks on its nuclear programme, with the EU and United States calling the discussions disappointing and saying no further meetings were planned.

23/12/2010 | World

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said talks with major powers in Istanbul next month would be a historic opportunity to resolve the nuclear dispute if the West dropped what he called its policy of confrontation.

08/03/2013 | Latin America

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Cuba's Raul Castro joined about 30 other heads of state at Hugo Chávez's funderal in an emotional farewell to the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America.

10/01/2015 | Latin America

25/01/2011 | Latin America

US President Barack Obama plans to visit Brazil in March in a sign that ties between the two countries are substantially improving after a year of tension over Iran, Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reports.

19/12/2011 | Latin America

The United States believes increasingly warm ties between Venezuela, Iran and Cuba do not benefit the Venezuelan people, US President Barack Obama said in an interview with a Venezuelan newspaper published today.

04/02/2013 | Arts and Media

The Berlin film festival looks east this year with six of 19 competition entries either made or based behind the old Iron Curtain, while two star-studded US movies tackle big business - energy and pharmaceuticals.

19/08/2014 | Arts and Media

Poet Simin Behbahani, a champion of women's rights and free speech whose lyrical verse captured the hopes and disappointments of Iranians since the 1979 revolution, died today at the age of 87, official media reported.

06/02/2012 | Arts and Media

The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the US cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran.

19/02/2011 | Arts and Media

Iranian drama "Nader and Simin: A Separation" won the Golden Bear for best picture at the Berlin film festival, while its ensemble cast also picked up the best actor and actress prizes on a triumphant night.

23/09/2011 | Arts and Media

US actor Sean Penn engaged in attempts to secure the release of two Americans freed by Iran this week, flying to Venezuela to ask President Hugo Chávez to intervene with Iran's leader, a source close to the release process said.

20/03/2014 | Multimedia

President Barack Obama sent a video message to Iranians today to say there is a chance to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran if Tehran takes verifiable steps to assure the West its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

28/02/2013 | Argentina

After reaching quorum yesterday and a day-long debate, the Victory Front (FpV) and its allied parties passed into law the bill to give treaty status to the accord signed with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack.

06/03/2013 | Argentina

Opposition deputies sent a letter to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner requesting that she “postpone the ratification of the treaty (with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack) until after the public trial over the (domestic) cover-up of the attack.”

21/05/2013 | World

Iran has approved the memorandum of understanding with Argentina to create a joint “truth commission” to probe the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre, Iranian Embassy chargé d’affaires Ali Pakdaman informed a local radio yesterday.

22/06/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Argentina midfielder Ángel Di María fought back against critics of the team following a 1-0 World Cup victory over Iran, affirming that the team was on the right track despite a less than convincing display.

21/06/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

21/06/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Argentina forward Lionel Messi lamented the Albiceleste hasn’t been able to show all its potential in the World Cup so far, but highlighted the victory against Iran and said the most important thing is having qualified to the last-16 stage after the first two games.

21/06/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Argentine football icon Diego Armando Maradona was able to enter today the Mineirao arena in Belo Horizonte to watch Argentina beat Iran, after having been denied access to see the Albiceleste opener against Bosnia in Río de Janeiro last Sunday.

16/06/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Argentina's Group F rivals Iran and Nigeria laboured to the first stalemate of a scintillating World Cup with a dismal 0-0 draw that left both sides still chasing their first victory at a finals since 1998.

18/06/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Holding African champions Nigeria to a stalemate is one thing, but miracles will be required if Iran are to get anything from their World Cup Group F clash against Lionel Messi's Argentina, coach Carlos Queiroz said.

20/06/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Messi was critical of Argentina's first-half defensive formation in their World Cup opener against Bosnia despite a 2-1 win but those post-match comments were welcomed, coach Alejandro Sabella has said.